Shipments at Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd.
ground to a halt Thursday after months of increasingly bitter negotiations, threatening to upend supply chains still reeling from pandemic-related disruptions and a port strike last year.Here are some of the most recent job actions at the country's two main freight railways, Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd., formerly known as CP Rail, as the clock ticks down to a potential work stoppage this Thursday.
A two-day walkout by Canadian Pacific employees ended under threat of a back-to-work bill under the government of then-prime minister Stephen Harper, with the two sides agreeing to binding arbitration.A strike by 3,000 CP Rail engineers and conductors ended 16 hours after it began as the parties settled on a tentative four-year deal.A strike by more than 3,000 workers at Canadian National gripped the country for eight days before they reached a collective agreement.
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